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P. R. SHAILER.

COMBINATIONTELEPHONE SCREEN AND CONTAINER FOR CONFECTIONERY OR THE LIKE.

' APPLICATION HLED FEB.26, 1920.

1,361,628, I Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

,UNITED PATENT OFFIC'E.

PAUL R. SHAILER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

. COMBINATION TELEPHONESCREEN AND CONTAINER FOR CONFECTIONERY OR THEApplication filed February 26, 1920. Serial No. 361,470. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL R. SHAILER, a citizen of the United States,'residing at Washington, -in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Combination Telephone- Screensand Containers for Confectionery or the like; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear,-and exact descrip tion of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The fundamental object of my invention lS' tO provide a novel device,which is exceedingly ornamental and attractive from anestheticstandpoint, and which also serves as a screen for a telephonetransmitter and stand.

A further object is to provide a device of the character just described,whichis protain inclosing the telephone shield.

A further object is to provide a device, as described, which exteriorlyresembles a doll.

Furtherobjects willyappear as the specificati on proceeds and the natureof the invention-is more fully disclosed.

A preferably provided with an ap'ertured di phragm, and with a door,whereby access may be had to the interior of saidshell, to disposetherein the telephone stand and relVith these objects in view, theinvention resides, broadly stated, in'a shell, preferably substantiallytruncated coneshapedf'and ceiver, in combination with a head piece,formed to represent a dolls head and a portion of the trunk, said .headpiece being attachable to the apex of said cone, and a curtain dependingfrom said head piece and inclosing said cone-shaped portion and formedto represent a dolls dress.

-More specifically stated, the inventionv u the side wall of the base.1, as shown in Fig. The shell 4 is provided with a slidspecification ofLetters Patent. Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

resides'in the construction already specified,

having a base and reinforcing member adapted to be disposed within saidconeshaped portion at the base thereof, and formed as a box with aremovable lid, suit-' able for the reception of confectionery. v .60

The accompanying drawings clearly disclose an exemplary construction,capable of carrying out the underlying principles of the invention. Likereference charactersdesignate corresponding. parts throughout theseveral views. The different figures of the drawings may be brieflydescribed as follows:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the cone-shaped member,the base,

and the drapery or curtain, the head piece being shown partially inelevation and partially in section,

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of my device,

the eurtain or dress being folded back at the placket to disclose theinterior construction, the door also being in open position,

Fig. 3 is a detached detail view in pershown in open position,

Fig. 4 is a detached detail view in perspective of the base of mydevice, and,

v Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of a slightly modified form ofmy device.

spective of the" shell, the door thereof being Referring now in detailto the drawings:

The base 1 of the device comprises a bottom 2 and an annular sidewall,'said base constituting a container. for, say, confectionery. Asuitable lid (such as shown at 3 in Fig. '5) the base, or. container.

4 designatesa shell which is preferably substantially truncatedcone-shaped, as shown,'said shell at its bottom being adapted may beused to close the top of. 7

either tobear upon the top of the base (as 1) or to.encircle and bearagainst ing door 5, which may be provided with a button -.6

is adaptedtoclose an opening 7 in the shell, The shellis also providedpreferably toward an apertured disk 9. omitted, if desired. 7 As will beclearly seenin Fig. 2, the shell for convenient manipulation thereof.The door slides in-suitable'bearlngs and 4-constitut es a screen foratelephone receiver p '10, and a telephone stand 11. It will be apparentthat, by opening the door 5 in the shell 4, the telephone stand andreceiver may be disposed therein, as shown in Fig. 2,and

- that, when the door 5 is closed,the telephone shown 1n the drawings.

receiver and stand are entirely hidden from view; When disposed withinthe shell, the

mouthpiece of the telephone receiver-is on a level with the opening 8 inthe shell;

Adapted to besupported upon the apex of the cone-shaped shelle is-aheadiece 12,

which may be-suitably secured to' t eshell,

as by means of avscrew 13. Said head iece is shaped to represent a dollshead an the upper portion of the bod of 'the-'doll-,- as

ivotally secured to said headpiece 12 is an arm 14, constituting one ofthe armsof the doll.- "The lower portion of the head-piece 12 may be substantially annular in cross-section and, secured around this annularportion, is a curtain 15, adapted to envelo theshell 4, as shown in thedrawings. he curtain dependsfrom the base ofthe headpiece 12 and mayextend to the bottom of the base 0 the device, or, preferably, to apoint thereabove, as shown in the drawing; Said curtain is preferablysuitably ornamented and plaited to represent the dress of the doll, andis' desirably of some artistic material, such as silk or satin. Saidcurtain,'.or dress,

- is provided with a placket 16, extending from the. top to the bottomofthe dress and 85' suitable means, as by a snap fastener: 17,

adapted to be held in closed position by any adapted to engagein a'suitable socket 18,

-' carried by 'said curtain, near the to thereof. The -purpose,orfunction, oft e'movable arm 14 is to hide said sna fastener 17 p whenthe same is engagedwit the socket.

posed around the container 1, and depends from the top, of .the sidewall thereof, to

. in extending the shell-4' to the bottom of the When access is desiredto the fastener, to

"uh-button the same, thearml l is' swung. aside, as shown in Fig. 1.

Preferably a -second curtain 18" is diswhich it is suitably secured.Said curtain, grnrufile constitutes the under skirt of the The-modification shown in Fig. 5 consists container, or base, 1 (insteadofltheshell' resting upon the container or base, as in Fig. 1) and inproviding the top of the'cur- 'tainwith. an elastic cord or band .19 tore} tain the curtain in frictional engagement with the shell'4'. l

v Having thus-fully described my invention,

I its many advantages will be apparent, and 50 from view.

,substantiall lnclosl ngsaid base and rlslng thereabove nd signature;

need not be dwelt uponin detai 1 In accordance with theRevised Statutesof the United States, I have described with great particularity theconcrete embodiment of the underlying principles of the inven- 95 vtionbitit' is to be understood that various a curtain depending'from saidhead piece and inclosing saidshell, said curtain being adapted'to beopened, means for "securing" said curtain against accidental opening,and an arm plvoted to said-head piece, and nor mallyfladapted to hidesaid securing means 2. In .a device-of the character described, a shellprovided with two openings, an ap I tured diaphragm disposed in"-one ofsaid 5 openings, a sliding door normally closing I the other opening,ahead piece detachablysecured to saidshell, a curtain depending fromsaidhead plece and inclosing sa1d shell,

said curtain being adapted. to. be opened,

means for securing said curtain against accidefital opening, and an armpivoted to said headpiece and normally adapted to hide said securingmeans from view.

3. In a device of the character described,

a shellprovided \vith'an opening. an apertured" diaphragm disposed insaid opening, head piece detachably secured to said shell,'iihcurtain-depending from said headpiece a d inclosing said shell, saidcurtain being adapted to be opened,'means for securing sald curtaln-aga1nstacc1dental opening, an

.arm pivoted'to said head piece'and normally {adapted to hide saidsecurin view,..and. ahollow base, slid -with the lower portion of saidshell.

.- 4. A combinedjscreen for telephones and ameans from ably engagedconfectionery-container, comprising a hollow base for the reception ofconfectionery an'd'a'dapted to support a telephone, and a truncated coneshaped shell having. an opening in theslde wall thereof.

normally closed by a sliding door.

Intestimony w ereof I hereunto affix my PAUL ii. SHAILER.

